At least 40 anti-government protesters plus children have been killed in Gonder, Northern Ethiopia since yesterday by Agazi killing squad of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) led regime. Hundreds were wounded.

The places of the killing included Amba Giorgis, Metema and Simada.

The total number of protestors killed since the anti-government protests began in November 2015 has now gone over 700 in Oromia and Amhara regions.

ESAT also reported that in Metema, a border town with the Sudan, at least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured as regime forces shot indiscriminately at protesters.